2023 Steeler 50 Trans Atlantic

Steeler Yachts is proud to announce that the Steeler 50 Trans Atlantic has been nominated for European Powerboat of the Year 2024, in the Long Range category. We thank the international jury, the proud owners with endless ideas, and first and foremost our obsessed Steeler team that yet again achieved another ‘Startrek’ mission. Boldly go where no man has gone before!

The 50 TA is a steel/aluminium semi displacement motoryacht with virtual unlimited inland destinations and a transatlantic range supported by an integrated Wing Kite system.

With the Steeler 50TA realized a go anywhere semi-planing yacht with a green touch. Customers with high demands are the clientele of Steeler Yachts from Steenwijk. Time and again, however, very special wishes are put to the shipyard, combined with specifications that at first seem insoluble.

For example, the German couple who are in the final stages of their professional lives ready to realise a dream. Actually, a multiple of dreams. To sail a luxuriously equipped 50 foot boat over the Rhine and Moselle, then across France via Marseille to the Mediterranean.

This set of requirements alone presented two main challenges for the builders. On the one hand, sufficient engine power to be able to navigate the Rhine uphill without any problems – regardless of the speed of commercial vessels. Original quote from the customer: “If I see the Cologne Cathedral half an hour to starboard, something is wrong!

On the other hand, navigating the French canals and tunnels with a 15 m vessel requires three essential prerequisites: As shallow a draught as possible, a maximum height of 3.50 meters above the waterline and no more than 5 meters in width, which is required for the numerous locks.